Ngesonto eledlule, abakwa-Apple bathathe ithuba lokwethula isibuyekezo se-firmware esilindelwe ngabasebenzisi abaningi kuzo zonke izisekelo ze-AirPort inkampani enazo emakethe. Lesi sibuyekezo kuthuthukise ukusebenza nokusebenza kwezisekelo ze-AirPort ngaphezu kokuzivumelanisa nemithetho emisha ye-Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yase-United States.
Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa, I-Apple isuse zonke izisekelo ze-AirPort ezitolo ezibonakalayo neziku-inthanethi, e-United States kuphela, ngoba kwamanye amazwe angaqhubeka athengwe ngewebhusayithi nakwi-Apple Store. Lokhu kususe uthuthuva njengoba bekubonakala kukhombisa ukuthi abakwa-Apple bazohlela ukubavuselela kwiNgqungquthela Yonjiniyela ezoqala ngesonto elizayo.
Kepha ngokusobala umqondo we-Apple awuxhunyanisiwe ne-WWDC, akunangqondo ukubuyekeza i-firmware yamanye amadivayisi ukuwahoxisa emakethe ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa, kepha kunalokho ukuhoxa emakethe yaseMelika yashukunyiswa izidingo ezintsha zeFederal Communications Commission yase-United States. Ukuvuselelwa kwala madivayisi bekuhloselwe ukuhambisana nemithetho yokuphepha esungulwe ngonyaka owedlule yi-FCC futhi kwaba nesikhathi esinqunyiwe sokuthobela ngoJuni 2, usuku olulodwa ngemuva kokuhoxa kwalezi zitolo ezitolo.
NgoDisemba odlule iFederal Communications Commission yamemezela ukuthi:
Izinguquko ezivumelekile ngeke zivunyelwe kumadivayisi avunyelwe ngaphansi kwemithetho emidala, ngaphandle kokuthi ahlangabezane nezimfuneko zemithetho emisha.
Yonke imikhiqizo evunyelwe ngokugcwele noma ngokwengxenye ngaphansi kwemithetho emidala ayikwazi ukumakethwa kusukela ngoJuni 2, 2016 ngaphandle kokuthi ihlangabezane nezimfuneko zemithetho emisha kukho konke ukusebenza.
Ekugcineni, i-Apple ikwazile ukudlulisa lonke uvivinyo oludingwa yilo mzimba namadivayisi zenziwe zatholakala futhi ku-Apple Store, ngokwenyama kanye naku-inthanethi, ngakho-ke bonke labo basebenzisi ababelinde ukuvuselelwa kwalezi zisekelo, kuzofanele baqhubeke nokulinda behleli phansi.